Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death today. Stress is a major factor relating to high blood pressure and weak hearts. The Bible repeatedly says that men’s hearts melt in fear, so we need to learn to “trust the Lord in ALL THINGS”. We know that diet has a profound impact on the heart and circulation and we need to take steps to make sure we have a healthy diet. What other proactive steps can we take to protect and help our hearts?
God created food for the heart and circulation to strengthen the heart muscle and increase blood flow. Let’s take a look at known cardio tonics.
Hawthorn berries look like tiny sweet cherries, hawthorn berry “haws” have been used to make wine, jelly and flavored brandy for years, but not many people are aware of the impressive ways it remedies heart problems and many other physical ailments as well.
The extract of hawthorn can increase blood flow to the heart muscle itself, helping to counteract one of the most common modern causes of death in industrial countries—heart attack due to lack of blood flow to the heart. In pharmacological tests on both animals and humans, hawthorn has been shown to improve the contractility of the heart muscle (which can lead to a stronger pumping action of the heart), increase cardiac performance and output, lower the peripheral vascular resistance (reducing the workload of the heart), steady the heartbeat (antiarrhythmic effect), as well as increasing the heart’s tolerance to oxygen deficiency, such as might happen during stress or excitement, or in diseases where the arteries are partially blocked.
The phytonutrients of the hawthorn plant are the key to the way it helps your heart. It’s particularly valuable in the early stages of heart disease, from improving blood flow to the blood vessels around your heart and brain, to increasing tolerance to the heart muscle due to a lack of oxygen.
Motherwort is a member of the mint family. Motherwort is primarily an herb of the heart. Several species have sedative effects, decreasing muscle spasms and temporarily lowering blood pressure. Chinese studies found that extracts decrease clotting and the level of fat in the blood and can slow heart palpatations and rapid heartbeat.
Motherwort actually increases the amount of capillaries around the heart thereby allowing improved blood flow to the heart. This is amazing! Historically Motherwort has been used as a cardio tonic to remove melancholy from the heart and to strengthen it.
Myrrh is one of the scared herbs the wisemen brought to Jesus, and was also used by Ester for purification.
Myrrh is one of the scared herbs the wise men brought to Jesus, and was also used by Ester for purification. Myrrh treats all kinds of infections and increases white blood cell count. Myrrh gum is bitter in taste, aromatic, and cooling in action. It invigorates the blood and reduces pain and swelling caused by blood stasis.
Cayenne Pepper
Cayenne pepper is high in calcium and vitamin C that strengthens veins arteries and capillaries. Cayenne will increase and normalize the circulation from head to toe.
An amazing combination of herbs to protect the heart, strengthen its function and increase blood flow. It is said, that taken over a years time, this remedy will create a new heart. What wonderful news!
This combination of herbs nourish the heart and repair valves, reduce swelling, restore feeble heart action, open congested heart blood vessels, very slowly so that congested debris is liquified and flushed harmlessly from the body. An insurance policy for the heart that helps grow new tissues and clean out waste.
Continual use over a years time makes a tremendous difference with the use of regular walking for exercise.
